After not flying for a year, SAA nearly botches humanitarian flight to Brussels — among other infringements — and then delays reporting the issue
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/ 13 November 2010
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/ 26 November 2009
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/ 5 November 2009
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/ 16 January 2008
Airbus confirmed 2007 as a record year for planemakers on Wednesday by posting orders for 1Â 341 aircraft while boosting cost savings aimed at catching arch-rival Boeing, which took top spot with 1Â 413 orders and has suffered less from a weakened dollar than Airbus.
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/ 23 November 2007
The dollar hit a new record low against the euro on Friday in a market worried over lower forecasts for United States growth, dealers said. Europe’s single currency struck a new record peak of ,4922 in morning Asian trade, up from the previous record of ,4875 reached on Thursday. The unit was created in 1999.
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/ 22 October 2007
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/ 15 October 2007
Airbus on Monday delivered the first of its A380s, the world’s biggest passenger jet, to Singapore Airlines, 18 months behind schedule but with both sides hailing the major advance in air travel. The 73m-long superjumbo was handed over in a ceremony at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse in southern France.